Better Hearthfire Crafting and Items
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #2 of 14 Crafting mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
The mod makes the following changes.
- []All Hearthfire materials are weightless (including merchant purchased items) []More items per craft [] 4 Hinge = 1 Iron Ingot [] 4 Iron Fittings = 1 Iron Ingot [] 3 Locks = 1 Iron Ingot + 1 Corundum Ingot [] 25 Nails = 1 Iron Ingot []More sawn logs per purchase [] 100 sawn logs instead of 20
🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data
Better Hearthfire Crafting and Items makes Hearthfire materials weightless and increases crafting yields, such as 25 nails per iron ingot and 100 sawn logs per purchase. It's a quality-of-life mod for Skyrim players who build houses, though the log purchase bug remains unfixed.
✨ Key Features
All Hearthfire materials are weightless, including merchant-purchased items.
Crafting recipes yield more items: 4 hinges, 4 iron fittings, 3 locks, or 25 nails per ingot.
Sawn logs per purchase increased to 100 (though the mod author notes this doesn't actually work yet).
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Weightless materials mean you can haul everything you need for building without being over-encumbered.
- More nails per ingot cuts down on the grind—25 nails instead of the vanilla 10 is a solid bump.
- Community-tested with 433 endorsements and over 9k downloads, so plenty of builders have tried it.
⚠️ Cons
- The sawn log perk is broken—you still only get 20 logs despite the description saying 100, and the author hasn't fixed it since 2016.
- Mod hasn't been updated in years, so it might have hidden conflicts with newer Skyrim versions or other mods.
- Only affects crafting and weight—if you wanted deeper Hearthfire changes, this won't scratch that itch.
🎯 Is This For You?
For Skyrim players who build Hearthfire houses and hate hauling heavy materials or grinding for nails. If you're a completionist builder, this saves time and inventory space. Skip if you want more substantial Hearthfire overhauls or if you're playing on a version that might conflict with old mods.
For Skyrim players who build Hearthfire houses and hate hauling heavy materials or grinding for nails. If you're a completionist builder, this saves time and inventory space. Skip if you want more substantial Hearthfire overhauls or if you're playing on a version that might conflict with old mods.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 1 minute
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since the mod makes materials weightless, you can carry all your building supplies in one trip—no more back-and-forth to the lumber mill.
- The sawn log bug means you'll still need to buy logs multiple times; plan your purchases accordingly.
- If you're using a mod manager, load this after other Hearthfire mods to ensure its changes take effect.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Succubism
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 9,323
- Endorsements
- 433
- Category
- Crafting
- Created
- 11/11/2016
- Updated
- 11/11/2016
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